The Indie Top 10 and the Other Top 5: 4.10.98 – 4.12.98

The Indie Top 10 and the Other Top 5: 4.10.98 - 4.12.98

Lions Gate‘s “Love and Death on Long Island” climbed to the top of thebox office chart with a weekend gross of more than $190,000, down just11% from the previous frame. Among debut films, Strand‘s “I Think I Do“bowed strongly with a per screen average of over 6,700 clams. Roxie‘s“Kurt and Courtney” kept up the hefty receipts, adding four screens andalmost 40% in box office gross.Artisan‘s “Caught Up” seems to be on itsway out despite landing in second place in the top ten. The film’s takewas down over 63% over the previous week and posted a meager $468 persheet take.

The Other Top 5 was populated by the usual suspects with one newbe inthe list. Miramax’s Ice Cube-directed feature, “The Player’s Club” bowedon 593 screens and posted a $9,940 per screen average and a weekendgross of over $8,000,000. While not included in the Other Top 5 list,Sony Pictures Classics’ David Mamet pic, “The Spanish Prisoner”continued doing great business, averaging well over $12,000 per screen,raising its box office take by over 80% over the previous weekend. Thefilm has grossed over $400,000 in two weekends of limited release.

The grosses for last week’s number one Indie Top Ten film, “Mrs.Dalloway,” were not listed in EDI’s database for the past weekend.

++ THE INDIE TOP 10 ++

LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND (LGF): $190,147 (-10%) — Total:$1,718,668

[EDITOR’S NOTE: The Indie Top 10 lists the top grossing EDI trackedfilms distributed by companies not owned or affiliated with majorstudios or entertainment companies. The Other Top 5 lists the topgrossing EDI tracked films distributed by companies other than theprimary major studios.]